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September 20, 2013
Terrance Nelson 'Economic Terrorism to be Legalized Again'
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By Terrance Nelson
Roseau River Anishinabe
As Canadian Press reports Tuesday, it is a battle between the good guys and "illegal" supposedly criminals, operating outside the laws of Canada and the Province of Manitoba. The reality is that the immigrants who have come into our lands legislated their own laws to legalize their right to use economic terrorism against the sovereign indigenous nations in Canada and United States.
The Canadian media label First Nation sovereignty as "illegal," the courts which are financed, mandated and follow the laws legislated by the immigrant governments cannot recognize the rightful assertions of the first sovereigns of these lands. The question asked by the Dakota, "how did you get our lands" and "show me a treaty or any documents where we agreed to live under your laws" will not be answered by the judge. The charges of contempt of court however will be dealt with. We can expect the Dakota to be harshly dealt with by the white court. The question will then be, how do the Dakota react to the jailing of their leadership?
The Canadian media label First Nation sovereignty as "illegal," the courts which are financed, mandated and follow the laws legislated by the immigrant governments cannot recognize the rightful assertions of the first sovereigns of these lands. The question asked by the Dakota, "how did you get our lands" and "show me a treaty or any documents where we agreed to live under your laws" will not be answered by the judge. The charges of contempt of court however will be dealt with. We can expect the Dakota to be harshly dealt with by the white court. The question will then be, how do the Dakota react to the jailing of their leadership?
First Nations defend illegal Manitoba smoke shop in provincial court
By The Canadian Press September 17, 2013
BRANDON, Man. - Arriving on horseback — some wearing headdresses and carrying ceremonial staffs — members of a Manitoba First Nation appeared in court Tuesday to defend their right to operate an illegal smoke shop which sold half-price cigarettes.
The Dakota Chundee smoke shop south of Virden, Man., opened in 2011 and has been raided several times by police. It has since shut down, but the battle goes well beyond the sale of Mohawk tobacco from Quebec for $40 a carton. http://www.thestarphoenix.com/
The Dakota Chiefs in court in Brandon Manitoba are in danger of going to jail. Amongst the many charges they face is contempt of court. If Frank Brown and the Dakota leadership are thrown in jail, what will be the reaction of the Dakota people and other indigenous people in the Three Western Prairie Provinces.
Is it time meet economic terrorism with economic terrorism? The Dakota sit on the oil pipelines that send millions of barrels of oil every day to the United States. Six years ago, the National Day of Action set for June 29, 2007 wasn't taken seriously until the Chief of Birdtail Sioux First Nation joined in. The Canadian National Railway company stole land from the Birdtail Sioux in 1905 and built a rail line through the stolen land. It is still an unresolved issue today.
Will the Dakota shut down that railway line if the Dakota leaders are jailed. Most of the Dakota Nations involved in the cigarettes have between 80 and 90% unemployment in their communities. There is more than enough anger to do blockades if the leaders are jailed. CN has picked up body parts on that railway line on Birdtail Sioux First Nation as youth, women and men committed suicide over the years by allowing the train to run over them.
Economic terrorism reversed
How would white people react to being stopped from doing business. The Judge in the Dakota court case may make his decision by Friday September 20, 2013. The reaction to the decision will be swift if it goes badly for the Dakota. Maybe it is time that the immigrant white people to know how it feels to deal with artificially imposed 60 to 95% unemployment.
Sixty million buffalo were killed in the 1800s to ensure that the Dakota could not feed their people. The United States Seventh Calvary slaughtered 300 men, women and children at Wounded Knee South Dakota in December 1890. From 1860 to 1890, hundreds of thousands of indigenous people were slaughtered or died from deliberately induced biological warfare as the United States expanded into Dakota territory. The Dakota in Canada lost all their lands in the United States, the Treaty of Fort Laramie never fulfilled. The real terrorists have never faced justice, economic terrorism in North America continues unabated. Whether it will be reversed or even recognized as a deliberate Genocide remains to be seen.
Terrance Nelson, Vice Chair American Indian Movement
July 12, 2013
Sand Creek Massacre: Denver Post article 'slap in the face'
By Brenda Norrell
Censored News
The filmmaker of The Sand Creek Massacre said an article in the Denver Post is a "slap in the face" to the victims of the Sand Creek Massacre in southeastern Colorado.
"The Sand Creek Massacre was the ugliest form of human depravity in American history, even transcending Columbine, Virginia Tech, Newton, Boston, and so on. Rape, mutilations, executions, murder and burning bodies of children, special needs people, elders, and women top the list of depravities," Donald L. Vasicek told Censored News.
Vasicek told the author of the article at Denver Post, Eric Gorski, that Indigenous Peoples continue to be treated with disrespect by the media.
"The only thing they ever wanted, as most of America's indigenous people, have always desired, simply respect and America's media and press continue to wipe their feet on them."
In response to the article in Denver Post, Vasicek wrote the following response.
Denver Post article: Sand Creek Massacre Descendants sue Federal Government for Reparations http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23642176/sand-creek-massacre-descendants-sue-federal-government-reparations
Dear Mr. Gorski,
Although your article about the Sand Creek Massacre Descendants' Trust law suit for reparations regarding the Sand Creek Massacre is informative, I have to say that I was surprised to see that there were inaccuracies in it.
I wrote, directed and produced "The Sand Creek Massacre", a documentary film that featured Cheyenne and Arapaho descendants of the Sand Creek Massacre sharing their family oral histories with me. Two Cheyenne and direct Sand Creek Massacre descendants, Southern Cheyenne Chief Laird (Whistling Eagle) Cometsevah and his wife, Colleen, an historian and genealogist, told me that over 400 Cheyenne were murdered at Sand Creek. They based this figure on what has been known in their families for 150 years. They also told me that the Arapaho always traveled and camped about 8 miles behind the Cheyenne, so the Arapaho were not at Sand Creek.
Many laugh at this and say the Cometsevah's did not know what they were saying. Both of them passed on before they could finish their work. They played an integral role in guiding and directing me while making my film. The film won 3 best film film festival awards and was cataloged into the Smithsonian Institute Libraries, amongst other things. Films Media Group has been distributing it in North
America and Asia.
Media and journalists have been using these inaccuracies for years. It shows no respect for Laird and Colleen. It's like slapping them in the face. The only thing they ever wanted, as most of America's
indigenous people, have always desired, simply respect and America's media and press continue to wipe their feet on them. Until that respect is genuinely exhibited by the media and press, America's indigenous people will continue to be looked upon as second class citizens by most others.
Best Regards,
Donald L. Vasicek
http://www.donvasicek.com
dvasicek@earthlink.net
303-903-2103
The filmmaker of The Sand Creek Massacre said an article in the Denver Post is a "slap in the face" to the victims of the Sand Creek Massacre in southeastern Colorado.
"The Sand Creek Massacre was the ugliest form of human depravity in American history, even transcending Columbine, Virginia Tech, Newton, Boston, and so on. Rape, mutilations, executions, murder and burning bodies of children, special needs people, elders, and women top the list of depravities," Donald L. Vasicek told Censored News.
Vasicek told the author of the article at Denver Post, Eric Gorski, that Indigenous Peoples continue to be treated with disrespect by the media.
"The only thing they ever wanted, as most of America's indigenous people, have always desired, simply respect and America's media and press continue to wipe their feet on them."
In response to the article in Denver Post, Vasicek wrote the following response.
Denver Post article: Sand Creek Massacre Descendants sue Federal Government for Reparations http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_23642176/sand-creek-massacre-descendants-sue-federal-government-reparations
Dear Mr. Gorski,
Although your article about the Sand Creek Massacre Descendants' Trust law suit for reparations regarding the Sand Creek Massacre is informative, I have to say that I was surprised to see that there were inaccuracies in it.
I wrote, directed and produced "The Sand Creek Massacre", a documentary film that featured Cheyenne and Arapaho descendants of the Sand Creek Massacre sharing their family oral histories with me. Two Cheyenne and direct Sand Creek Massacre descendants, Southern Cheyenne Chief Laird (Whistling Eagle) Cometsevah and his wife, Colleen, an historian and genealogist, told me that over 400 Cheyenne were murdered at Sand Creek. They based this figure on what has been known in their families for 150 years. They also told me that the Arapaho always traveled and camped about 8 miles behind the Cheyenne, so the Arapaho were not at Sand Creek.
Many laugh at this and say the Cometsevah's did not know what they were saying. Both of them passed on before they could finish their work. They played an integral role in guiding and directing me while making my film. The film won 3 best film film festival awards and was cataloged into the Smithsonian Institute Libraries, amongst other things. Films Media Group has been distributing it in North
America and Asia.
Media and journalists have been using these inaccuracies for years. It shows no respect for Laird and Colleen. It's like slapping them in the face. The only thing they ever wanted, as most of America's
indigenous people, have always desired, simply respect and America's media and press continue to wipe their feet on them. Until that respect is genuinely exhibited by the media and press, America's indigenous people will continue to be looked upon as second class citizens by most others.
Best Regards,
Donald L. Vasicek
http://www.donvasicek.com
dvasicek@earthlink.net
303-903-2103
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